[WWI] Martinsyde Buzzard info

[Hooper, Dave]

Many thanks to everybody who answered my Buzzard query, especially
Carlos and Paul who did some digging. For future interest to anybody
intending to build the Pegasus kit these are my thoughts:-

 

The article Carlos sent confirmed my feelings that the strut location
points on the Pegasus kit are incorrect, either in that the bottom
points are too close together or the upper wing points are too far
apart. After playing around with the kit last night I found that moving
the lower rear interplane struts back as close to the Aileron hinge as
possible (which is only about 0.5-0.75mm) solves this problem resulting
in a much more pleasing look. 

 

Now whether the strut positions are slightly different on the surviving
Finnish Buzzard as I suggested yesterday as a possibility is a matter of
opinion, certainly many of the photos I have seen of this machine
suggest a difference to me, but logic dictates otherwise. It could be
that most of the photos of this machine on the web have been taken with
a very wide angle lense which has accentuated the difference in angles
between the front and rear struts.

 

Anyway I'm now happy with the appearance of my Buzzard, which I guess is
all that really matters.

 

Regards

 

Dave   



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